CMD HD drive replacement

[RobertB]

I finally got a hold of a quantum fireball SCSI mechanism.  (Thanks for the tip on this one, Robert!)  I have to say - when using a mechanism the controller card likes, it is a hell of a lot easier 

Hurrah! 

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           Robert Bernardo
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[BigDumbDinosaur]

Just thought I would offer to bring some closure to this thread.  I got it to work!

BDD - I greatly appreciate all the time you gave me in offering up your insight into SCSI drives in general, mine specifically, and in the context of the Lt. Kernal drive.  Try as I did to get that barracuda drive to work it wouldn't budge.

It's possible the Barracuda's embedded controller is messed up.  They will work with the Lt. Kernal, so by default a Barracuda will work with a CMD unit.

I finally got a hold of a quantum fireball SCSI mechanism.  (Thanks for the tip on this one, Robert!)  I have to say - when using a mechanism the controller card likes, it is a hell of a lot easier 

A Quantum unit would not have been my first choice (or second or third, for that matter), but it's hard to argue with a functioning unit.